Clothespin bag



. March 11 1930. w, w s 1,749,992

CLOTHESPIN BAG Filed Nov. 3, 1927 Invenror. William N. Willis At Tys.

Patented Mar; 11, 1930 WILLIAM 1v. WILLIS, or Mnmonn, riassncnosn' rrs GLOTHESBIN nee Application filed November 3,1927. serial at. seams.

This invention relates to clothes-pin bags designed for holding clothes-pins while the washing is being hung out on the line or taken in therefrom. The bag has certain novel features and is constructed so that it can be either hung on the line or attached to the belt of the laundress thus in either case placing the clothes-pins within convenient reach of the laundress.

In order to give an understanding of the invention I have illustrated in the drawings a selected embodiment thereof which will now be described after which the novel features will be pointed out in the appended claim.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the clothes-pin bag hung on a clothes-line;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional perspective View of the clothes-pin bag;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the supporting member.

My improved clothes-pin bag is indicated generally at 1. It may conveniently be made of cloth, leather or any flexible material. It 5 comprises the back section 2 and front section 3, these sections being sewed together at the side edges 4 and at the bottom 5 but being disconnected at the top to provide the bag opening. The upper end of the back and front sections converge toward each other slightly as shown at 6 and the top of the back section extends above the top edge 7 of the front section as shown at 8. The top 7 of the front section is preferably out on a curve thus making an easily accessible opening or mouth to the bag. 7

The bag is supported by means of a supporting member 9 which is secured to the upper extension 8 of theback section of the bag. This supporting member 9 may conveniently be made of wire which is bent into the shape best seen in Fig. 3. This support- ,ing member is bent to form the lower loop portion 10 which has parallel top and bottom sides, the bottom side being that portion to which the upper part of the back section 2 is secured. The portion of the wire from which the supporting member is made which is adjacent the ends of the lower side of the loop are bent backwardly toward the center to form the upper side of the loop and at the ends of these a ackwardly-bent portions the Wire is bent to form two lip-standing arms each of which terminates at its upper e nd 1n a downwardly-bent hook portion 12. The

two hook portions 12 are connected by the bridge or connecting portion 13. The upper edge ef the extension 80f the back section 2 is passed through the ,loop 10 and the marginal edge 14 is then sewed to the body of the extension 8 by stitches 15 thereby securely fastening the supporting member 9 to the back section 8 of the back.

The arms 11 having the down-turned ends 12 make an attaching hook which can be hooked over the clothes-line 16 as shown in Fig. 1 or which may be hooked into the belt of the person hanging out the clothes. In either case, the clothes-pins 17 in the bag are within easy reach of said party thus avoiding the necessity of her stooping to pick up the clothes-pins from a basket or recep tacle on the ground each time that a garment is being hung on the line. If the bag is supported on the clothes-line it may be placed adjacent the location where the garment is to be hung and as one garment after another is hung out the bag can be easily slid along the line thus keeping it within convenient reach. 1

By making the supporting member with the double hook portion connected by the bridge 13 a very strong hook is formed and one which can be easily hooked into a belt without danger of injuring the clothing. This supporting member will preferably be made of a single piece of wire bent tothe desired shape and when it has been so bent the ends of the wire may be welded together as indicated at 18.

I claim:

A clothes-pin bag comprising a bag member having a front section and a back section sewed together at the bottom and at the side edges, the side edges being parallel through out the greater portion of that length and converging sharply towards each other for a limited distance at the upper end, the top edge of the front section being concavely curved and the back section extending somewhat beyond the top of the front section, the edges of such extension continuing on the converging lines of the uper art of said side edges to provide a relative y narrow flap, and a supporting member made of Wire bent to form a straight supporting portion to which the upper edge of the back section is secured, said wire at the ends of the supporting portions being bent backwardly towards the center to form portions parallel with the supporting portion, said wire being also bent to present upwardly-bent portions at the termination of the backwardly-bent portion, said upwardly-bent portions each terminating in a relatively short upwardly bent portion, the lower ends of the upwardly-bent portion being directly connected b abridge ortion whereby a relatively'wi e hook is ormed adapted to be hung on a suitable support. In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

' WILLIAM N. WILLIS. 

